Vehicle wheel rim



Oct. 11, 1933. J. u. KOREE 1,931,229

VEHICLE WHEEL RIM Original Filed March 26. 1930 ATTQRN Patented Oct. 17,1933 I g UNITED STATES P T 'ENrosF -cE 1,931,229 I i r Application March26, 1930, Serial No. 439,063

' Renewed September 15, 1933 I 1 Claim. (Cl. 301-32)] The presentinvention relates toimprovements vented by the said hinges from movinglaterally in demountable rims, and more particularly to in relation tothe body portion 10 of therimu that type where the rim dividedtransversely The rim is adapted to carry a pneumatic tire, not

7 into a plurality of sections which are hinged toshown, which isadapted to be conveniently placed gether, means being provided formoving the thereon and removed therefrom when the 7001- 60 adjacent endsof the divided rim into and out lapsible section 14 is movedinto theposition of aligned relation. shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

The main object of the present invention is The section 14 is providedwith a longitudinal to provide a simple and efl'lcient means for'maslot15 and has pivoted to it adjacent its free end, 10 nipulating the endsof the rim, said means servat 16,- a lever 17, the free end of theshorterarm' 5 ing at the same time for locking the said ends of which isreduced in width, as shown at 18, said in aligned relation. reduced endbeing adapted to be seated in a keep- Another object of the invention isto provide er 19, which is formed upon the hinged section a rim of thetype mentioned which is simple in 13 adjacent its free end. On the freeend of the 15 construction, efiicient in operation, durable in uselast-mentioned section is formed a mg 20, which 70 and capable ofmanufacture on a commercial is adapted to be seated in an aperture 21 inthe scale, or in other words one which is not so diflever 17. In the endportion of the longer arm ficult to makeas to be beyond the reasonableof the lever 17 is formed a recess22, for co-opcost of such acontrivance. eration with a latch 23, that is pivoted at 24 to Withthese and other objects in view, which the hinged section 14 of the rim75 will more fully appear as the nature of the in- The operation of therim is as follows: As-

vention is better understood, the same consists suming that the elementsare in the positions in the combination, arrangement and construcshownin Fig. 1 of the drawing, it is obvious that tion of parts hereinafterdescribed, pointed out a the may be conveniently placed onto the rim.

' 25 in the appended claim andillustrated in the ac- When then the lever17 is taken holdfof by its a into a plurality of sections, CollapsibleSeC- ti n moving the same into or out of align;

companying drawing, it being understood that longer arm and the latteris forced toward the many changes may be made in the size andproperiphery of the rim, the section 14 is moved'into portion of theseveral parts and details of conalignment with the section 13, thekeeperl9 actstruction within the scope of the appended ing as a fulcrumpoint, around which the lever V 30 claim'without departing from thespirit or sacis adapted to swing. When the sections 13 and s5 rificingany of the advantages of the invention. 14 are in alignment, the lever17 is'seated prac- One of the many possible embodiments of the ticallythroughout its whole length in the slot 15 invention is illustrated inthe accompanying and the vfree end of the shorter arm thereof indrawing, in which: v the keeper 19. When then the latch 23 is movedFigure 1 is a central section taken through a into engagement'with thelever 17, in which posirim constructed in accordance with the presenttion a portion of the said latch is seated in the invention in a planeat right angles to the axis lever recess 22, the movable sections 13 and14 of the hub of the wheel on which it is to be are fixed in alignedposition, retaining the tire mounted, one of the hinged sections of thewheel on the rim. In order to dismount the tire from being shown in itscollapsed condition; Fig. 2 the rim, the operations above described areper- 95 is a similar section of 9. portion Of the rim, said formed inthe reverse order hinged secton being shown in aligned position; h t Iclaim is a plan from the e r of A manipulating structure for a wheelrimof the run, of two hinged sections of the rim, the the type includinga body portion and w 1; latter P Show? spaqed relatlonlapsible sectionshinged thereto and in which'the 100 e FmPI'OVed-THP compnsf3S abodyportlon free ends of the said collapsible sections are to e ends o whlqhare plvoted 11 9 12 adapted to abut each other end to end, compristwocollapsible sect1ons 13 and 14, respectively. mg a curved lever havingan offset portion at In other'words, the rim is divided transverselyeach end thereof and pivoted to one f d tions 13 and 14 b i adapt d tobe moved into ment with the other hinged section, said lever alignedrelation, s ShOWn in 2 0f t e d awoverlapping the meeting ends of saidsections ing t o aligned relation, as indicated in when the latter arein alignment and thereby 1 f t e w the Said ap b e being adapted to lockthe same against move 0 8 moving around their hinges, but being p ment,the section carrying said lever being provided with a longitudinal slotwhich is adapted to receive said lever when the latter is in its lookingoverlapping position, a latch on the lever carrying section adapted toengage one of saidv ofiset portions of said lever,a hollow keeper on theother hinged section into which the other offset portion of said leverslides for preventing movement of said lever when the latter is in itslocking overlapping position andlalso serving as the means whereby thesaid lever is adapted to with said keeper, said lever being providedwith.

an aperture into which said lug is adapted'to enter when said lever isswung toward locking 7 position. V

. JEAN UFKOREE.

